Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
According to Genghis Khan Airlines, its first ARJ21-700 regional aircraft livery is unveiled at the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) aircraft assembly plant in Shanghai on 3 September 2018.
Genghis Khan Airlines is the first and only start-up airline of Inner Mongolia, China, set up and owned by the autonomous region government-owned Inner Mongolia Aviation Tourism Investment Group with an investment of 438 million US Dollars in 2015. It is run by executives that left Air China, 9air, Hebei Airlines, China Southern and Qingdao Airlines. For example, Tang Huanguang, Qingdao Airlines' former chairman, is in charge of preparing Genghis Khan Airlines for commercial service.
The Inner Mongolian airline has signed with COMAC to purchase 50 ARJ21 aircraft including 25 firm orders and options for additional 25 ARJ21 aircraft.
As the first ARJ21-700 livery of the airline is now presented, Genghis Khan Airlines expects to receive its first two ARJ21-700 aircraft from COMAC before December 2018. It has also entered agreement with COMAC to establish a flight school for its pilots, a maintenance and overhaul facility for the airline's operations and Genghis Khan Airlines training centre in Inner Mongolia to support civil aviation activities and operations.
CAAC has approved Genghis Khan Airlines to start operations anytime.
Genghis Khan Airlines will operate selected domestic flights from Hohhot to other 27 Inner Mongolian cities such as Erenhot, Erlian, Manzhouli, Xilinhot and Baotou initially by January 2019 or before using ARJ21 aircraft. It plans to introduce cross-regional domestic flights from Hohhot to Beijing, Harbin, Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Qingdao, among other 80 destinations in China within the next five years.
By the time it receives its 25th ARJ21 aircraft, Genghis Khan Airlines aims to launch international flights from Hohhot to Ulaanbaatar, Ulan Ude, Irkutsk, Vladivostok, among other destinations in Mongolia and Russia, as well as to Hong Kong and Incheon using Airbus A320 or Boeing aircraft.
Under China's new aviation rule for start-up airlines, Rule 96 requires new start-up airlines in China to operate at least 25 regional aircraft with 100 seats or less before they are permitted to launch international flights from China. The regional aircraft types are ARJ21, Bombardier CRJ-900, Q400, Embraer E190 and Xian MA60. Genghis Khan Airlines has chosen ARJ21. Larger aircraft such as Airbus A320 as proposed by AirAsia for the failed AirAsia China start-up joint-venture in Zhengzhou are not qualified.
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
According to Genghis Khan Airlines, its first ARJ21-700 regional aircraft livery is unveiled at the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) aircraft assembly plant in Shanghai on 3 September 2018.
Genghis Khan Airlines is the first and only start-up airline of Inner Mongolia, China, set up and owned by the autonomous region government-owned Inner Mongolia Aviation Tourism Investment Group with an investment of 438 million US Dollars in 2015. It is run by executives that left Air China, 9air, Hebei Airlines, China Southern and Qingdao Airlines. For example, Tang Huanguang, Qingdao Airlines' former chairman, is in charge of preparing Genghis Khan Airlines for commercial service.
The Inner Mongolian airline has signed with COMAC to purchase 50 ARJ21 aircraft including 25 firm orders and options for additional 25 ARJ21 aircraft.
As the first ARJ21-700 livery of the airline is now presented, Genghis Khan Airlines expects to receive its first two ARJ21-700 aircraft from COMAC before December 2018. It has also entered agreement with COMAC to establish a flight school for its pilots, a maintenance and overhaul facility for the airline's operations and Genghis Khan Airlines training centre in Inner Mongolia to support civil aviation activities and operations.
CAAC has approved Genghis Khan Airlines to start operations anytime.
Genghis Khan Airlines will operate selected domestic flights from Hohhot to other 27 Inner Mongolian cities such as Erenhot, Erlian, Manzhouli, Xilinhot and Baotou initially by January 2019 or before using ARJ21 aircraft. It plans to introduce cross-regional domestic flights from Hohhot to Beijing, Harbin, Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Qingdao, among other 80 destinations in China within the next five years.
By the time it receives its 25th ARJ21 aircraft, Genghis Khan Airlines aims to launch international flights from Hohhot to Ulaanbaatar, Ulan Ude, Irkutsk, Vladivostok, among other destinations in Mongolia and Russia, as well as to Hong Kong and Incheon using Airbus A320 or Boeing aircraft.
Under China's new aviation rule for start-up airlines, Rule 96 requires new start-up airlines in China to operate at least 25 regional aircraft with 100 seats or less before they are permitted to launch international flights from China. The regional aircraft types are ARJ21, Bombardier CRJ-900, Q400, Embraer E190 and Xian MA60. Genghis Khan Airlines has chosen ARJ21. Larger aircraft such as Airbus A320 as proposed by AirAsia for the failed AirAsia China start-up joint-venture in Zhengzhou are not qualified.
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